Start your writing with the method and results section. It is easier to write the introduction and results after you wrote the method and results sections.

Difficulties with focusing your manuscript? Start with writing the abstract to get a clear aim and focus of your article. Don’t forget to revise your abstract at the end after finishing the rest of the manuscript.

Keep sentences short and simple

Make the meaning of all sentences clear

Write in the third person

Use an ‘active’ rather than a ‘passive’ voice

Consistent tense

Punctuate accurately

The Amsterdam Medical Student journal (AMSj) is a scientific medical journal enabling medical students to publish their clinical observations, research articles and case reports. The journal was founded by students from the locations Academic Medical Center (AMC) and VU University Medical Center (VUmc) Amsterdam of the Amsterdam UMC, making it the first student-based collaboration between two of the largest medical faculties in the Netherlands.